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Sometimes that rascal tries to make believe that he is .scared,
And, really, when I first began, he stared and stared and stared;
And then his under lip camc out and further out it came,
Till mamma and the nurse agreed it was a “ cruel shame,”
But now what doe:? the same wee, toddling, lisping baby do
But laugh and kick his little heels when I say " Booh ! ”

He laughs and kicks his little heels in rapturous glee, and then
In shrill, despotic treble bids me “ do it all aden!”
And I— of course I do it for, as his progenitor,
It is such pretty, pleasant play as this that I am for!
And it is. oh, such fun ! and I am sure that I shall rue
The time when we are both too old to play the game of u Booh!”
E u g e n e F i e l d .

AWFULLY LOVELY PHILOSOPHY.
FEW days ago a Boston girl who had been at the School
of Philosophy at Concord, arrived in Brooklyn, on a visit to a
seminary chum. After canvassing thoroughly the fun and
gum-drops tlmt made up their education in the seat of learning at
which their early scholastic efforts were made, the Brooklyn girl
began to inquire the nature of the Concord entertainment.
“ And so you are taking lessons in philosophy J How do you
like it ? ,f
“ Oh, it's perfectly lovely ! It’s about science, you know, and we
all just dote on science.”
“ It must be nice. What is it about?'1
“ Tt's about molecules as much as anything else, and molecules are
all just too awfully nice for anything. Jf there’s anything I really
enjoy it's molecules,,J
" Tell me about them, my dear. What are molecules ? ”
tf Oh, molecules! They are little wee things, and it takes ever so
many of them. They are splendid things. Do you know there ain’t
anything but what’s got molecules in it. And Mr. Cook is just as